Books
Cynthia Isenhour, Gary McDonogh, Melissa Checker, eds. In Press, 2014. Sustainability as Myth and Practice in the Global City. NY: Cambridge University Press.
Checker, Melissa, 2005.
Polluted Promises: Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town, New York University Press.
Checker, Melissa and Maggie Fishman, eds., 2004. Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power and Public Life, New York: Columbia University Press.
Book Chapters
Checker, Melissa, 2011. Beset by Offsets: Tracking Carbon Offset Chains & Human Rights Abuses. In Lifeand Death Matters: Human Rights, Environment and Social Justice, 2nd Edition. Barbara Rose Johnston, Ed.Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
Checker, Melissa, 2009, Double Jeopardy: Pursuing the Path of Carbon Offsets and Human Rights Abuses. In
Upsetting the Offset: The Political Economy of Carbon Markets. Steffen Böhm and Siddhartha Dabhi, eds. Pp. 41-56, MayFlyBooks Press.
Checker, Melissa, 2009, Doris Bradshaw: Struggling for Environmental Justice. In Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times, Vol. 1. Beverly Bond, Sarah Wilkerson Freeman, eds., Pp. 403-424.Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.
Checker, Melissa, 2008, Withered Memories: Naming and Fighting Environmental Racism in Georgia. In New Landscapes of Global Inequality. Jane Collins, Micaela de Leonardo, Brett Williams, eds., Pp. 169-190. Santa Fe: School of American Research Press.
Checker, Melissa and Maggie Fishman, 2004, Introduction. In Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power and Public Life. Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman, eds. Pp. 1-26. New York: Columbia University Press.
Checker, Melissa, 2004, Treading Murky Waters: Day-To-Day Dilemmas in the Construction of a Pluralistic U.S. Environmental Movement. In Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power and Public Life. Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman, eds. Pp. 27-50. New York: Columbia University Press